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Attaching one to every tool instead means any caller who enables\n`cacheTools` with 5 or more tools exceeds the 4-breakpoint cap and the whole request is rejected by\nAnthropic with a 400, which is worse than not caching at all.\n\n\n### Steps to Reproduce\n\n1. `new AnthropicProvider({ cacheTools: true })`\n2. `provider.wrapTools(fiveOrMoreTools)`\n3. Send the result as the `tools` array in an `anthropic.messages.create(...)` call alongside any\n   cached system prompt or message content.\n4. Anthropic rejects the request once the total breakpoint count across system + tools + \n\n## Source evidence\n- https://github.com/ComposioHQ/composio/issues/4723 (2026-10-01T11:54:31Z) — GitHub issue #4723 (open)\n\n## Freshness\n- classification: FRESH_7D\n- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:39:37.643698Z\n- scout_id: Ce8554557aa\n\n## Scout notes\nThis Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. 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